Slow Dance

This poem is written by a terminally ill young girl in
New York Hospital.

SLOW DANCE

Have you ever
watched kids
On a merry-go-round?

Or listened to
the rain
Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a
butterfly's erratic flight?

Or gazed at the sun into the fading
night?

You better slow down..

Don't dance so
fast.

Time is short.

The music won't
last.

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Do you run through each day
On the
fly?

When you ask How are you?
Do you hear the
reply?

When the day is done,
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through
your head?

You'd better slow down

Don't dance so
fast.

Time is short.

The music won't
last..

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Ever told your child,
We'll do it
tomorrow?

And in your haste,
Not see
his
sorrow?

Ever lost touch,
Let a good
friendship die

Cause you never had time
To call
and say,'Hi'

You'd better slow down.

Don't dance
so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't
last.

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When you run so fast to get somewhere
You
miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry
through your day,

It is like an unopened
gift....

Thrown away.

Life is not a
race.

Do take it slower

Hear the
music

Before the song is over.